Zachary Graft
Celtic and Christian fiddle and mandolin music
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Very ambitious, with all those triplets. Sounding good - solo.
Session playing has brought me to give up on triplets in favor of doublestops because triplets tended to slow me down when everybody else was playing fast, and because doublestops added the volume I needed to be heard when everybody else was playing loud (bonus advantage: they make use of the sustain the octave is good at).
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Nice tune, good playing!
Nice playing Zack, and thanks for posting such a great tune, well done.
You play guitar already?
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Just realised something that you OldTimers will probably think is obvious, but the triplets in The Banshee are 3 or 4 note open string hammer-ons on the same string. There aren’t that many tunes where you can do that. However you can do these triplet hammer-ons further up the neck for other tunes/keys.
I’m going to have to try to figure out some sort of hammer-on triplet exercise in G major.
Good one, what do you play it with to make a set? I tend to put it after 'The Maid Behind the Bar'.
- Jeremy
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Zachary Graft
Celtic and Christian fiddle and mandolin music
zacharygraft.com
facebook.com/zacharygraftmusic
youtube.com/c/zacharygraft
Thanks! I'm loving the fuller sound that you can get with a good octave mandolin and pedal tones. Just don't ask me how I sound in say...Bb or Ab.
Yeah! The triplets can get bogged down, and then if everyone's doing them, then everyone's getting bogged down at a different pace.
Zachary Graft
Celtic and Christian fiddle and mandolin music
zacharygraft.com
facebook.com/zacharygraftmusic
youtube.com/c/zacharygraft
Nicely done, but I agree with what I think Bertram is saying. Specifically, the second set of triplets takes away from the continuity and drive of the tune. I thought it had a rhythm hiccup, but it doesn’t —it just sounds like it does. I think it’s because there is more emphasis on the first note of those triplets than on the next note, which should be what the triplets are leading to. I can’t tell from the vid but you’re picking all the notes there, not hammering on right? (I applaud that). If so, maybe try starting the triplets on an upstroke, then the following note will be on a downstroke.
Just my 2cents. It sounds fine.
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Nice playing! I built an octave mandolin long ago but my short fingers couldn't keep up with the reaches at tempo for celtic music. I've since become very enamored with archtop mandolin.
I'd be curious to hear about the builder of your OM. Is he Christian or is the peghead inlay at your request? At any rate, nice instrument! I also play praise and worship, but on a raging telecaster. Stay well!
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